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12-17-2015, 05:40 PM
http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J1dJ3.DxWDWRdTAjx62cRA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-12-17T162447Z_1006990003_LYNXMPEBBG067_RTROPTP_2_CTEC H-US-BRAZIL-WHATSAPP-BAN.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/brazil-court-orders-phone-companies-block-whatsapp-message-000818779--finance.html)By Jeb Blount and Marcelo Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge on Thursday ordered the lifting of a 48-hour suspension of the services in Brazil of Facebook Inc's WhatsApp phone-messaging application, overturning an order from a lower court. The interruption of WhatsApp's text message and Internet telephone service caused outrage in Latin America's largest country, where the company estimates it has 100 million personal users, and led to angry exchanges on the floor of Congress. WhatsApp is installed on 92.5 percent of Android devices in Brazil, making it the most installed app in the country, according to SimilarWeb, an internet intelligence and marketing company.
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